Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama reached Gangtok on Monday for a four-day visit. He was received by the Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Golay, other dignitaries and devotees at Libing Helipad.
A dreaded thief involved in several theft cases was killed in a crossfire with police as he tried to flee while he was leading a police team to a spot of some stolen articles by him in Golaghat district of Assam, said police on Monday.
A delegation consisting of representatives from 12 communities of Sikkim leave for Delhi with the demand for tribal status for the 12 ethnic communities of Sikkim. The delegation will be led by Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Golay.
Netanyahu, when pressed on accountability for the October 7 attack on Israel, deferred such "difficult" questions until the conclusion of the ongoing war.
220 million eggs were collected, and this despite the war in Gaza and the massive disruption to agricultural production in the south of the country that it caused.
The Israeli fighter jets carried out airstrikes at multiple sites in southern Syria in response to rocket fire on the Golan Heights hours earlier, Times of Israel reported in the early hours of Monday.
"In response to rocket launches from Syria toward Israel yesterday, IDF fighter jets struck military infrastructure and mortar launchers belonging to the Syrian Army," posted IDF on X.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also visited the frontlines, rallying a group of Golani soldiers near the Gaza border and telling them Israel was on its way to a major victory.
Over 8,733 labourers will be handed the relief fund after they were affected South Lhonak Lake Glacial Lake Outburst Flood across the Teesta Basin in the State.